Transcript Apache Trout - Milan Area Schools

More Endangered Species
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Apache Trout
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Good eating!!!
Over-fished
Loss of habitat &
competition with
non-native
species
Found in White
Apache mtns
(NM)
Hatch & release
Arizona Cliff Rose
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Only lives in dry
areas of Arizona
Drought has
caused numbers
to decline
Habitat loss
Hard to grow in
gardens
Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizard
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Found in
California
Habitat loss &
pesticides caused
#s to decline
Live in dry sandy
soils
California Condor
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#s decreased to
26 because of
DDT poisoning,
being shot, loss of
habitat
Bred in captivity
Now some have
been released
Giant vulture-like
Giant Carrion Beetle
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Found in
Oklahoma
Live in grass land
Feed on dead
carcasses
Not sure why #s
have declined
Captive breeding
plan is in effect
Giant Panda
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Only 1000 left in
wild
Deforestation and
poaching are
biggest threats
Do not breed well
in captivity
Only eat bamboo
Hawaiian Crow
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Numbers declined
when coffee and
fruit farmers
began to shoot
them
Only 7 birds exist
in wild today
Captive breeding
program is in
effect
Oahu Tree Snail
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Numbers declined
due to predation
by a carniverous
snail & loss of
habitat
Live in Hawaiian
forests
Hermaphroditic &
can live for many
years
Pitcher’s Thistle
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Found on shores
of Great Lakes
Lives on dunes
Numbers declined
due to habitat
loss (mainly
because of off
road vehicles)
Red-Footed Tortoise
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Found in South
America and
Caribbean
Herbivores and
carrion eaters
Numbers declined
because they
have been
collected as pets
Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse
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Found in San
Francisco Bay
Area
Numbers declined
due to habitat
loss
Need to live in
brackish water
area
Herbivores
Schaus Swallowtail
Butterfly
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Feed only on
guava, tamarind
& cheese shrub
Found in Florida
Keys
# declined due to
habitat loss &
extreme weather
Captive breeding
& release successful
Texas Blind Salamander
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Current #
unknown
Only found in
small part of
Texas’
#’s declined due
to lack of water
(overpumping by
people), lack of
bats to provide
nutrients
Wyoming Toad
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Found only in
small part of
Wyoming
#’s declined due
to water pollution
Captive breeding
and refuges set
up
Only 200 wild
toads found